Its unique Unleash inflicts extreme physical damage, but suffers from poor Accuracy as such, support from Natalie and Lance may be needed to ensure it finds its mark. The Soul Eater's weapon-elemental skills are partially Dark-based, but the low elemental degree means that resistances and weaknesses won't do much to alter their damage. The Magic Attack reduction is relatively minor - with Power Metal being the skill most affected - and the Accuracy loss fades as the sword is forged. This allows Matt to cut down foes in record time.and he'll need to, because it has an elemental weakness and no resistances on top of halving his Defence and Magic Defence. The Soul Eater boosts Matt's Attack to terrifying extremes, being half again as high as that of the Blizzard it actually does more damage with elemental skills than swords with the appropriate elemental boost. It has a slight Dark element and an Unleash that deals enormous amounts of damage rather than applying debuffs or status effects. The Soul Eater has monstrous offensive power, with twice as much Attack as the next strongest swords however, it also has serious penalties to Magic Attack (which is negligible) and both defenses (which is decidedly not negligible). On the other hand, the description is perfectly accurate with its suggestions on what skills to use the Soul Eater's huge Attack boost lets Matt slay waves of normal foes at once with Windslash, absorb good amounts of HP with Drain, and inflict serious damage to single targets with Legend. Instead, it should be used 'For taking bosses,' with its massive Attack being used to cut through their HP in short order while Natalie focuses on healing and buffing so Matt doesn't get himself killed in the process. The Soul Eater's description in this game suffers from an apparent typo with penalties to Defence and Magic Defence (and Magic Attack), trying to tank bosses with it is the worst thing you could try to use it for. Aside from its EBF1 debut, it also gives Matt's weapon-elemental attacks a partial Dark element, although the exact degree differs between appearances. The Soul Eater has consistently followed the 'glass cannon' archetype: it severely weakens Magic Attack (except EBF5), Defence and Magic Defence in exchange for phenomenal Attack, allowing Matt to hit much harder with all of his physical skills. It is now predominantly made of shiny crimson metal, save for the spikes and eye on its crossguard the former are black and the latter became orange.

The Soul Eater's general appearance remained the same in EBF5, but its coloring was altered. The hilt is the same shade of orange as the guard, and another metal piece extends into the middle of the blade (presumably to reinforce it). Its oval crossguard has a large, reddish eye and two pairs of orange horns curving away from the blade. In its first three appearances, the Soul Eater has a large, red-tinted blade lined with small spikes and a few faint cracks.

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